| 2004 | Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright |
| 1996 | Duncan Stuart Wilson Fighter pilot-MacDonald, dies at 83 |
| 1996 | Joe Minogue, journalist, dies at 72 |
| 1996 | John Grant, rear-admiral, dies at 87 |
| 1996 | Wes Farrell, songwriter, dies at 56 |
| 1992 | Earl Scheib, CEO (Earl Scheib Auto Paint), dies at 85 |
| 1992 | Johnny Mack, British actor (Time Lord-Dr. Who), dies at 70 |
| 1984 | Roland Culver, actor (Thunderball), dies of heart problems at 83 |
| 1980 | Yigol Alton, Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at 61 |
| 1964 | Frank Albertson, actor (Chico and Man, Room Service), dies at 55 |
| 1964 | Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/paleontologist, dies at 74 |
| 1956 | Elpidio Quirino, president of Philippines (1949-53), dies at 65 |
| 1940 | Edward Frederic Benson, novelist, dies |
| 1932 | "Big Ed" Morris, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies |
| 1928 | Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65 |
| 1928 | Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies at 66 |
| 1916 | Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor and composer (Parisina), dies at 62 |
| 1868 | [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at 81 |
| 1852 | John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies |
| 1844 | Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1604 | John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74 |
| 1528 | Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake |
| 468 | Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) |
| 468 | St. Hilary, Catholic Pope (461-468), dies |
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